An attempt at distinguishing subgroups of women with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa by means of the Defense Mechanism Technique modified (DMTm) and the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI)

The aim of this study has been to investigate the dissociative phenomena and the difficulties related to perceive, understand and describe the proper ones and other people's emotional states in a sample of 53 patients with Eating Disorders. The recruited sample is made by 14 Anorexia Nervosa (AN) patients, 15 with Bulimia Nervosa (BN), 12 with Eating Disorder Non Otherwise Specified (EDNOS) and 12 with Binge Eating Disorder (BED). To all subjects was administred the Eating Disorder Inventory-2, the Dissociative Experiences Scale and the Scala Alessitimica Romana. In according with literature, we confirme the relationships among Eating Disorders, the dissociative phenomena and Alexithymia.

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Exploring Experience of Family Relations by Patients with Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa Using a Projective Family Test

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.103.1.231-242 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 103 (1) ◽

pp. 231-242

Author(s):

Erica B. Fäldt Ciccolo

Keyword(s):

Anorexia Nervosa ◽

Eating Disorder ◽

Bulimia Nervosa ◽

Patient Group ◽

Family Relations ◽

Control Group ◽

Eating Disorder Inventory ◽

Family Discord ◽

Healthy Control ◽

Maturity Fears

Elements of family dynamics have been shown to be related to onset, course, as well as prognosis of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. The goal was to explore the experience of family relations in a group of patients with eating disorders using a projective family test. The Patient group (anorexia = 21, bulimia=16), as well as a healthy Control group, were given a projective family test, the Eating Disorder Inventory-2, as well as Karolinska Scales of Personality. The Patient group expressed more discord within the family picture than the Control group, such as cold and loveless relationships and not feeling validated. The group of patients reporting the most family discord did not show more eating disorder pathology or general psychopathology. They did, however, have higher scores on the Eating Disorder Inventory—2 subscale Maturity Fears, as well as higher values on the Karolinska Scales of Personality subscale Socialization. These results are interpreted within the background of methodological challenges in this area of research.

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Correlates of Sexual Abuse in Women with Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa*

The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/070674379203700709 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 37 (7) ◽

pp. 516-518 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Janet M. Degroot ◽

Sidney Kennedy ◽

Gary Rodin ◽

Gail Mcvey

Keyword(s):

Sexual Abuse ◽

Anorexia Nervosa ◽

Eating Disorder ◽

Bulimia Nervosa ◽

Sexual Functioning ◽

Eating Attitudes ◽

Eating Disorder Inventory ◽

Psychological Disturbance ◽

Eating Attitudes Test

Of 184 female outpatients meeting the DSM-III-R criteria, for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or anorexia nervosa with bulimia, approximately 25% reported previous sexual abuse. Furthermore, previous sexual abuse was associated with greater psychological disturbance, measured by the Eating Disorder Inventory and Eating Attitudes Test. Sexual functioning did not differ among women who did or did not report sexual abuse. This finding suggests that sexual abuse or its correlates may affect severity rather than type of eating disorder.

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Eating Disorder Inventory-2 (EDI-2)

Diagnostica ◽

10.1026/0012-1924/a000069 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 58 (3) ◽

pp. 127-144 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Viola Kappel ◽

Andreas Thiel ◽

Martin Holzhausen ◽

Charlotte Jaite ◽

Nora Schneider ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Anorexia Nervosa ◽

Eating Disorder ◽

Bulimia Nervosa ◽

Kinder Und Jugendliche ◽

Eating Disorder Inventory

Zusammenfassung. Das Eating Disorder Inventory-2 (EDI-2; Paul & Thiel, 2005 ) ist ein mehrdimensionales psychometrisches Selbstberichtsinstrument zur Erfassung pathologischen Essverhaltens und anderer für Anorexia nervosa (AN) und Bulimia nervosa (BN) relevanter psychopathologischer Variablen bei Erwachsenen. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird über die bisher noch fehlende Normierung an einer deutschen nicht-klinischen Stichprobe von 1754 SchülerInnen im Alter von 10 bis 20 Jahren (MAlter = 15.8, SD = 1.7) berichtet. Zusätzlich werden erste geschlechtsspezifische Werte für 66 Patientinnen mit AN (MAlter = 16.2, SD = 1.7) und 22 Patientinnen mit BN (MAlter = 16.8, SD = 1.5) beschrieben. Die hier vorgestellten Normen für Kinder und Jugendliche sowie eine bereits vorgenommene psychometrische Evaluation ( Salbach-Andrae et al., 2010 ) ermöglichen zukünftig den Einsatz des EDI-2 in dieser Altersgruppe. Unabhängig von der Antwortversion können interna-tionale Vergleiche anhand geschlechtsspezifischer (und für weibliche Stichproben altersspezifischer) Normen vorgenommen werden.

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Pharmacotherapy for Eating Disorders

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190620998.013.20 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Susan McElroy ◽

Anna I. Guerdjikova ◽

Nicole Mori ◽

Paul E. Keck

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Anorexia Nervosa ◽

Eating Disorder ◽

Mental Disorders ◽

Bulimia Nervosa ◽

Binge Eating ◽

Binge Eating Disorder ◽

Night Eating Syndrome ◽

Night Eating

This chapter addresses the pharmacotherapy of the eating disorders (EDs). Many persons with EDs receive pharmacotherapy, but pharmacotherapy research for EDs has lagged behind that for other major mental disorders. This chapter first provides a brief rationale for using medications in the treatment of EDs. It then reviews the data supporting the effectiveness of specific medications or medication classes in treating patients with anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge eating disorder (BED), and other potentially important EDs, such as night eating syndrome (NES). It concludes by summarizing these data and suggesting future areas for research in the pharmacotherapy of EDs.

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Epidemiology and Course of Eating Disorders

The Oxford Handbook of Eating Disorders ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195373622.013.0003 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 24-32 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Pamela Keel

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Eating Disorders ◽

Anorexia Nervosa ◽

Eating Disorder ◽

Bulimia Nervosa ◽

The Public ◽

Purging Disorder ◽

Not Otherwise Specified ◽

Public Health Significance ◽

Health Significance

The epidemiology of eating disorders holds important clues for understanding factors that may contribute to their etiology. In addition, epidemiological findings speak to the public health significance of these deleterious syndromes. Information on course and outcome are important for clinicians to understand the prognosis associated with different disorders of eating and for treatment planning. This chapter reviews information on the epidemiology and course of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and two forms of eating disorder not otherwise specified, binge eating disorder and purging disorder.

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Pharmacotherapy of the Eating Disorders

The Oxford Handbook of Eating Disorders ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195373622.013.0024 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 416-451 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Susan L. McElroy ◽

Anna I. Guerdjikova ◽

Anne M. O’Melia ◽

Nicole Mori ◽

Paul E. Keck

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Anorexia Nervosa ◽

Eating Disorder ◽

Mental Disorders ◽

Bulimia Nervosa ◽

Binge Eating ◽

Binge Eating Disorder ◽

Night Eating Syndrome ◽

Night Eating

Many persons with eating disorders (EDs) receive pharmacotherapy, but pharmacotherapy research for EDs has lagged behind that for other major mental disorders. In this chapter, we first provide a brief rationale for using medications in the treatment of EDs. We then review the data supporting the effectiveness of specific medications or medication classes in treating patients with anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder (BED), and other potentially important EDs, such as night eating syndrome (NES) and sleep-related eating disorder (SRED). We conclude by summarizing these data and suggesting future areas for research in the pharmacotherapy of EDs.

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